Dutiesand Responsibilities:

• Analyze progress reports, compile annual reports, provide/ coordinate grantee technical assistance.

• Track and provide executive level summaries of over-arching 2024 and 2024 SDoH metrics at the Departmental level as well as monitor and track SDoH metrics within MDHHS program areas.
• Coordinate opportunities to expand work and connect efforts beyond the Department. Plan brainstorming sessions for SDoH focus areas. Develop post brainstorming sessions summaries.
• Provide summaries to Senior Strategy Manager to support development of tools and resources to promote health equity.

• Facilitate meetings to connect with agencies that promote health equity and aim to close health gap disparities and infrastructure partners, including food and tribal partners, to provide health policy recommendations during infrastructure planning.
• Research opportunities for federal funding to support this work.

• Research best practices nationally and provide recommendations to Senior Strategist.
• Plan and assist with facilitation of round table discussions, community forums, and other community events to inform SDoH Strategy and specifically policy needed to support health equity efforts locally.

• Facilitate and provide materials for presentations and meetings with internal and external stakeholders.
• Research opportunities to connect work across state agencies and participate in workgroups to learn about collaboration opportunities.
• Write documents across a variety of formats and audiences to support decision making by leaders and to easily digestible public content, PowerPoints, Summaries, Reports.
• Stakeholder management of internal and external people and groups, through written and verbal communication as well as attending meetings.
• Identifying, overcoming, and escalating barriers to progress.
• Operating successfully in a rapidly evolving, sometimes high-pressure environment.
• Always represent the best interests of MDHHS and MPHI.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Solid experience in public communications and messaging mindsets.
• Extreme attention to detail.
• Ability to learn new policy content quickly.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Must have strong judgement and be self-directed, and have a proven ability to plan, coordinate, prioritize, and manage complex work projects.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WORK OF OTHERS:No assigned responsibility.

REQUIREDCOMMUNICATION